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1 Chronicles 7:4-19 Common English Bible (CEB)

4. According to the family records of their households, they had 36,000 troops in the units of their fighting force, since they had many wives and children.

5. Their relatives from all of Issachar’s clans were 87,000 mighty warriors, all listed in the family records.

6. Benjamin’s family: Bela, Becher, and Jediael—three in all.

7. Bela’s family: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri—five heads of households, mighty warriors; 22,034 were listed in their family records.

8. Becher’s family: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. These were all Becher’s family.

9. As listed in their family records by generation, as heads of their households, mighty warriors, there were 22,200.

10. Jediael’s family: Bilhan.Bilhan’s family: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

11. All these were Jediael’s family, heads of their households, and mighty warriors. There were 17,200 ready for battle.

12. The Shuppites and Huppites were Ir’s family, and the Hushites were Aher’s family.

13. Naphtali’s family: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum. These were Bilhah’s family.

14. Manasseh’s family: Asriel, to whom his Aramean secondary wife gave birth. She gave birth to Machir, Gilead’s father.

15. Machir married Huppite and Shuppite women. His sister’s name was Maacah. The second descendant’s name was Zelophehad, who had only daughters.

16. Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son and named him Peresh. His brother’s name was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

17. Ulam’s family: Bedan.This was the family of Gilead, Machir’s son and Manasseh’s grandson.

18. His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, Mahlah, and Shemida.

19. The members of Shemida’s family were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.